League Policies
NCFCA tournament competition may be recorded for personal, club, or classroom use provided that permission of all competitors is obtained prior to entering the competition room. The request for permission should be made prior to entering the competition room. Parents who do not wish for their student to be videotaped should instruct their student to deny any request. Persons requesting permission must respect the wishes of the competitor and refrain from coercion.
Judges may not photograph students or record the round by audio, video, or any other means without written permission from the Director of Forensics.
Other than the recording of one’s own child, no portion of NCFCA competition may be recorded, either by audio, video, or other means, for reproduction and distribution in any format without written permission from NCFCA at gro.ACFCN@eciffO.
In accordance with the Minor Model Release Agreement acknowledged by the parent during the affiliation process, NCFCA reserves the right to have designated tournament photographers and videographers take or gather photos and videos (both casual and in competition) during NCFCA events. These photos and videos may be used for educational resources, advertising, or outreach but will never be used in these contexts in conjunction with other identifying information. Archived tournament photos are stored online and can only be accessed by NCFCA affiliates. Participants involved in any round that is recorded may request a copy of the recording via the NCFCA Office.
Minor Model Release Agreement
NCFCA takes special care to respect and protect the privacy of our affiliate families. It is our protocol to disconnect identifying information in every situation possible by blurring nametags, not including captions with pictures, and not listing geographical information, etc., in order to ensure a right to privacy. NCFCA does also need the ability to market the opportunities provided by the league by using images or recordings from our events. As such, NCFCA requires the parental release of permission to use these images or recordings of their minors at affiliation. If you have questions regarding our Minor Model Release, please email the NCFCA Office at gro.ACFCN@eciffO.
NCFCA Minor Model Release
For valuable consideration, you hereby confer on the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA Christian Speech & Debate) the right and permission with respect to the photographs, audio, or video recordings that NCFCA has taken of your minor child in which he/she may be included with others:
-  To copyright the same in NCFCA’s name;
- Â To use, re-use, publish and re-publish the same in whole or in part, separately or in conjunction with other photographs, videos, instructional materials, in any medium now or hereafter known, and for purposes that include: (but not by way of limitation) illustration, promotion, instruction, education, advertising and trade to further the cause of educational speech and debate, and;
You hereby release and discharge NCFCA from all and any claims and demands ensuing from or in connection with the use of the photographs, videos, instructional materials, including any and all claims for libel and invasion of privacy. This authorization and release shall inure to the benefit of the legal representatives, licensees and assigns of photographer for NCFCA as well as the person(s) for whom he/she took the photographs/videos.